§ 18. General CROFTasked the Undersecretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to the lack of organisation which exists with regard to medical inspections at Winchester; whether he is aware that 1478 in one case a man was kept waiting for seven hours, and was then told by a non-commissioned officer that he could not be examined because the Bournemouth Law Courts had not given him the correct paper, that he returned to Bournemouth and was there informed that the paper was correct, and again travelled to Winchester; that after examination had taken place by 10 a.m. numbers of men are told to wait two hours for their classification cards, and that, having waited, they were then ordered to report again at 2 p.m., and that some fifty men have on occasions waited until 5 p.m. before receiving their cards, which only require the colonel's signature; and, if so, whether he will cause steps to be taken to put an end to a state of affairs which causes inconvenience to those attending for re-examination?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONI have called for a report on the matters suggested by my hon. and gallant Friend, and will inform him as soon as I am in a position to do so.